trench fever
Wartime bacterial infection
Trench fever is an infectious disease transmitted by body lice, causing recurring fevers, headaches, and severe leg pain.
The illness plagued soldiers in the trenches of World War I, where crowded, unsanitary conditions allowed lice to spread rapidly.
It rarely kills but can recur for years.
Parasitic insects on humans
- vector-borneSpread by organism intermediaries
- infestationPest takeover situation
- parasitesOrganisms feeding off hosts
- scratchingRaking with nails
biting · infected · vermin · hygiene · delousing · host · carrier
Franco-Belgian combat zone
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- No Man's LandDisputed territory between opposing forces
- SommeFrench river, WWI battlefield
- VerdunWWI battleground city
Ypres · doughboys · infantry · frontline · barracks · over the top · shell shock · warfare
Pathogens present in bloodstream
- headacheCranial pain
- myalgiaClinical term for soreness
- maculopapular rashCombined flat and raised skin lesions
- endocarditisInflamed inner heart lining
shin pain · incubation · symptoms · diagnosis · chronic infection · debilitating · recovery
Lacking permanent residence
- povertySevere lack of resources
- crowdingExcessive gathering in limited space
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
- endemicNative to one area
Tetracycline-class antimicrobial medication
- azithromycinMacrolide antibacterial medication
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
- therapeuticsStudy of healing interventions
convalescence · medical discharge · field hospital · recovery time
body lice
Parasitic insects on humans
- vector-borneSpread by organism intermediaries
- infestationPest takeover situation
- parasitesOrganisms feeding off hosts
scratching · biting · infected · vermin · hygiene · delousing · host · carrier
Western Front
Franco-Belgian combat zone
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- No Man's LandDisputed territory between opposing forces
- SommeFrench river, WWI battlefield
Verdun · Ypres · doughboys · infantry · frontline · barracks · over the top · shell shock · warfare · dugouts
bacteremia
Pathogens present in bloodstream
- headacheCranial pain
- myalgiaClinical term for soreness
- maculopapular rashCombined flat and raised skin lesions
shin pain · endocarditis · incubation · symptoms · diagnosis · chronic infection · debilitating · recovery
homelessness
Lacking permanent residence
- povertySevere lack of resources
- crowdingExcessive gathering in limited space
- reemergenceReturning to visibility
endemic · public health · outbreak · epidemiology · surveillance
doxycycline
Tetracycline-class antimicrobial medication
- azithromycinMacrolide antibacterial medication
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
therapeutics · convalescence · medical discharge · field hospital · recovery time
- feversparatyphoid
- military medicinecombat medics, combat medic, field hospitals, army surgeon, combat medicine
- Old Ailmentsconsumption, dropsy, ague, apoplexy, phthisis
- Old Diseasesplague, smallpox, cholera, typhus, typhoid
- Vector Diseasesmalaria, dengue, Zika, West Nile, Lyme disease
- war ailmentsshell shock, combat fatigue, battle fatigue, wound infection, combat stress
trench fevercholera
Bacterial disease causing fatal dehydration
typhoid fever · waterborne disease · typhoid · influenza · tuberculosis
trench feverhealth
Condition of body, mind
wellness · good health · vigor · fitness · vitality
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